President Ramaswamy Honored with Education Award from Monterey Co. Business Council

President Sunder Ramaswamy receives the 2011 Education Award from Monterey County Business Council Executive Director Mary Ann Leffel.

February 7, 2011

Monterey Institute President Sunder Ramaswamy received the 2011 Education Award from the Monterey County Business Council at its 15th Annual Gala and Economic Vitality Awards on Saturday, February 5, at the Hyatt Regency in Monterey.

The Monterey County Business Council (MCBC) is “an alliance of business executives and professionals providing collaborative leadership to help people from business, government, education, and the community work together on countywide issues reflecting our organization's strong commitment to the environment, economic vitality, and quality of life.” The MCBC issues an annual Monterey County Economic Report and sponsors a variety of local economic development initiatives and activities.

Sunder Ramaswamy became the 13th president of the Monterey Institute of International Studies in January 2009. Over the past two years he has led a major academic reorganization, overseen the launch of a very successful new degree program in nonproliferation and terrorism studies, and navigated the Institute through its successful transition to become a graduate school of Middlebury College.